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World number one Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer in four dramatic sets to win his second US Open and 10th Grand Slam title. Djokovic’s win was his third Grand Slam triumph of 2015.Djokovic took another step towards joining the very best in history with a 10th major title, moving him within one of Bjorn Borg and Rod Laver in the all-time list.

Most Grand Slam titles

17: Roger Federer

14: Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal

12: Roy Emerson

11: Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg

10: Bill Tilden, Novak Djokovic

Flavia Pennetta won 2015 US Open Women’s Singles title

Flavia Pennetta on 12 September 2015 won the US Open Women’s Singles title. She defeated fellow Italian Roberta Vinci 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 in the summit clash held in New York.

It was her maiden Gran Slam title and after the victory she announced that she will retire from the professional tennis after the 2015 season.

With this victory, Pennetta became the second Italian woman to win one of the tennis majors

Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis won 2015 US Open Women’s Doubles title

India’s Sania Mirza bagged her second consecutive Grand Slam title of the season, and fifth overall, as she won the US Open women’s doubles with Swiss partner Martina Hingis

The top-seeded Indo-Swiss team outplayed the fourth seed team of Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-3 in the final, which never rose to great heights

Leander Paes, Martina Hingis won US Open Mixed Doubles Title 2015

Veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes scripted history by notching up the US Open mixed doubles title with Swiss partner Martina Hingis to become the format’s most successful male player in the Open era.

The 42-year-old Paes has now won nine Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, surpassing compatriot and former partner Mahesh Bhupathi’s record of eight titles. He is now behind only the legendary Martina Navratilova, who won 10 mixed doubles trophies. Of those 10, two came with Paes when they won the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2003

With this win, the Paes-Hingis pair, who also won the Australian Open and Wimbledon titles early this season, has become the first mixed doubles team since 1969 to win three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in the same year.